Automatic register.



W. A. TROY.

AUTOMATIC REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22. 2918 Patented Mar. 18, 1919.

TIVVA'NTOR i747? BY pivotall WILLIAM A. TROY, OF ARCHBALD, PENNSYLVANIA.

AUTOMATIC REGISTER.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 18, 1919.

Application filed May 22, 1918. Serial No; 235,958.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. TROY, a citizen of the United States of America,.and resident of Archbald, in the county of Lackawanna, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Automatic Registers, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a certain new and useful automatic register for vehicles, such as street cars, motor buses, and the like.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a register for the purpose described, in which each person in getting into the vehicle operates the register mechanism to indicate his presence as a passenger.

A further object is to provide a device of the class identified of relatively simple construction,'and which is eflicient in operation and returns itself to starting position after each operation at a rate sufiiciently rapid to prevent entry of any person to the vehicle without operating the registering mecha nism. I

Other objects and advantages relate to the details of construction and operation, as will more fully appear from the following description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings,-in wh1ch F1gure 1 is an elevation, partly 1n section, of an apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the portion of the mechanism which preferably may be located beneath the floor of the veh1cle.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the cam or dog forming a portion of the operating mechanism.

The device, as shown, embodies a step which may be divided into any number of parts and is indicated in Fig. 2 as formed of three sections 1, -2 and --3, each carried by the vehicle body through the me ium of brackets towhich the ste sections may be independently pivoted.

l referably beneath the floor of the vehicle body and adjacent the step sections carried thereby are mounted a series of plungers -5 equal in number to the numberof step sections.

The lower end of these pistons is adapted to rest upon the inner on of its respective step section and is held in such position by coil spring -6- mounted on the piston within a casing 7 and having its upper i of the vehicle body.

The upper end of the plunger 5- issecured to one end of a bell-crank lever -10, the opposite end of the bell-crank lever being secured to a thrust-bar 11.

The connection between the plunger 5-- and bell-crank 10 may be of a loose or slotted character to permit vertical movement of the plunger, and thereby efiect rotary movement of the bell-crank, and the mounting for the bell-crank maybe carried in any sultable manner by the vehicle body, and is shown in the form of a bracket 12-- secured to the under side of the vehicle body.

The thrust-bar '11- is provided with a slot 12' through which one end of a spring bar 13"-- extends, the extending end of said bar being secured to the bellcrank --10 and its opposite end lying in contact with the thrust-bar -11-- and norcam 1 1 is rigidly mounted upon the shaft -16, such shaft being carried by a series of brackets 18- secured to the under side of the vehicle body.

Vertical movement of the rod 15- in 100 turn effects a rotary movement of the bellcrank 19- to one arm of which the rod is pivotally secured. The opposite arm of the bell-crank is in turn pivotally secured to a bar 20 operatively engaged with the operating portion -2l-- of any suitable and wellg-lmown counting or registering device I The bell-crank --19' may be rotatably supported in any suitable manner, as upon a shaft 22 carried by the vehicle. V The cam 14' is provided with a'radial' projection 23 adapted to move the thrustbar -1l from recess l3- when the cam has been rotated by the thrust-bar so as to move the projection 23 a sufiicient distance to elevate the thrust bar 11 above the exterior surface of the portion of the cam about the'recess 13.

When the thrust bar 11 has been so elevated in the operation of the apparatus, a spring 2l is provided for returning the cam to normal starting position, and this spring may, as shown, be operatively secured to the vehicle body and the cam in any suitable maner, ,as by the screw shown.

When the cam has been returned to normal starting position, the piston and the bell-crank and thrust-bar operatively associated therewith are likewise immediately returned to starting position when the weight of the person is removed from the step section, as l -2- or--8. This return is automatically efiected by spring. 6.

As indicated, a distinct operating mechanism is provided for each step section, such operating mechanism including a piston and its inclosing casing and associated spring, a bell-crank 10-, a thrust-bar 11 and a suitable cam 14.

These bell-cranks l0 are preferably mounted upon a single shaft -25, carried by brackets l2 and the cams 14 are preferably carried by a single shaft 16-, as heretofore described, so that operation of any one of the step sections effects a rotation of shaft 16, which shaft actuates the rod 15- through the medium of crank arm 17-. i

If a single step is used, it will be understood that the projection -23 may be omitted from the dog 14, the particular use for which this projection is designed being to permit successive operation of the register-mechanism by a series of step sections, even. if there is only a fraction of a second difi'erence between the time that the different persons tilt the difierent step sections by stepping thereon.

The extent of tilting movement of the step section may be regulated and adjusted to effect the desiredand necessary movement of the piston -5- to properly actuate the register mechanism.

Although I have shown and described a specific construction, form and relation of parts .as illustrative of my invention and as perhaps exemplifyin a preferred embodiment thereof, it shou d be understood that l menace? What I claim is: I

1. In an apparatus of the class described, a movable part, a plunger operated thereby, a bell crank operated by the piston, a thrust-bar actuated by the bell crank, a cam adapted to be rotated by movement of the thrust-bar in one direction, a registering mechanism, means actuated by the cam for operating the registering mechanism, means for returning the thrust-bar and its 0 erating arts to startin position indepen ently of the cam and t e mechanism actuated thereby, and additional means for returning the cam to starting position after each actuation by the thrust-bar and independently of the thrust-bar movement.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, a plurality of movable step sections, a shaft, a plurality of cams mounted on said shaft and corresponding in number with said step sections, means actuated by respective step sections for actuating the corresponding cam to rotate said shaft, a counting mechanism, means actuated by the rotation of said shaft for operating the counting mechanism and means for returning the said shaft to normal starting position after each actuation independently of the particular mechanism that effected the actuation.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, a plurality of movable step sections, a shaft, a plurality of cams mounted on said shaft and corresponding in number with said step sections, means actuated by respective step sections for actuating the corresponding cam to rotate said shaft, a counting mechanism, means actuated by the rotation of said shaft for operating the counting mechanism, means for removing the actuating mechanism out of the path of movement of the actuated ratchet to permit said shaft to return to normal starting position independently of the said mechanism.

WILLIAM A. TRO Y.

Witnesses:

Jenn C. HAGGERTY, THos. F. HANAHUE. 

